Castnius [1] ( lat. Castniidae ) - a family of insects from the order Lepidoptera , numbering about 200 species . The main place of distribution is the neotropical region , but they also live in Australia and Southeast Asia . Size medium to very large butterflies. Usually, the color of the hind wings is bright. The antennae are club-shaped. Active during daylight hours. Often they are mistaken for butterflies . Castnia caterpillars can often be seen on the roots of epiphyte and monocotyledonous plants .
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Systematics
Telchin licus
Xanthocastnia evalthe
The family is divided into the following subfamilies and genera:
- Castniinae
- Amauta
- Athis
- Castnia
- Castniomera
- Ceretes
- Corybantes
- Divana
- Duboisvalia
- Elina
- Enicospila
- Rythrocastnia
- Eupalamides
- Feschaeria
- Frostetola
- Gazera
- Haemonides
- Hista
- Imara
- Ircila
- Lapaeumides
- Mirocastnia
- Nasca
- Neocastnia
- Paysandisia
- Prometheus
- Spilopastes
- Synemon
- Synpalamides
- Toxxampila
- Xanthocastnia
- Yagra
- Ypanema
- Zegara
- Tascininae
- Tascina
Notes
- ↑ Karpun N.N., Ayba L. Ya., Zhuravleva E.N., Ignatova E.A., Shinkuba M. Sh. Guidelines for the identification of new species of pests of ornamental woody plants on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. - Sochi: FSBI VNIIITsisk, 215. - 78 p. - ISBN 978-5-904533-23-6 .
Literature
- Edwards ED, Gentili P., Horak M., Kristensen NP and Nielsen ES (1999). The cossoid / sesioid assemblage. Ch. 11, pp. 181-195 in Kristensen NP (Ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies . Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.